Exile: Analysis of Written Documents | Standing Bear's Footsteps

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Keywords
Standing Bear Ponca Agency James Knox Polk Thomas Jefferson Andrew Jackson James Monroe John Adams Indian Territory Treaties American Indians Indigenous Peoples First Nations
Subjects
History-Social Science
Grade Levels
Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
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Exile: Analysis of Written Documents | Standing Bear's Footsteps

There are six activities in this Media Gallery:

  • Treaty with the Ponca, 1858 Written Document Analysis Activity
  • Treaty with the Ponca, 1865 Written Document Analysis Activity
  • President Andrew Jackson's Removal Policies Written Document Analysis Activity
  • President James Monroe's Removal Policies (1825) Written Document Analysis Activity
  • Excerpt of Inaugural Address of James Knox Polk Written Document Analysis Activity
  • Transcript of Thomas Jefferson to John Adams Letter Written Document Analysis Activity

Students will use the National Archives Written Document Analysis Worksheet (find in support materials) examine and respond to the issues presented in the two Treaties with the Poncas (1858 & 1856); the removal policies of Andrew Jackson and James Monroe; the excerpt of the Inaugural Address of James Knox Polk and the letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Adams.
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